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WORLD WAR I: CAUSES AND ALLIANCES
CAUSES OF THE CONFLICT
Nationalist rivalries
Germany and France
The Balkans
Imperialist ambitions
Germany
Had been left
At a disadvantage
Second German Empire
Europe’s main industrial and economic power
An aggressive diplomacy
No forum for debate or international organisation
The arms race
Prepared for war
Rather than to avoid it
Technological and industrial progress
WEAPONRY
Technological advances
Aviation
Manufacture of the first metal aeroplane
Inventions of enormous destructive power
Machine guns
Tanks
Armoured vehicles
German Zeppelins
Airships
Mustard gas
THE ALLIANCES
The Triple Alliance
Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary
Italy later abandoned
The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
Joined once the war started
The Triple Entente
Russia, France and Great Britain
Italy joined
Other countries
Belgium, Serbia and Montenegro
Were invaded
By Germany and Austria-Hungary
Suffered greatly
During the conflict
The United States
Entered the war
In 1917
Played a decisive role
Romania and Greece
Joined due to developments
On the Balkan front
Japan
Declared war on Germany
Due to its imperialist ambitions
To seize German concessions
